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A hidden gem family-run boutique hotel by the sea has been voted the 'Best Hotel Restaurant in Devon'.

The awards are stacking up for the 14-bed Orestone Manor which has stunning views from a terrace overlooking Maidencombe in Torquay. The area has its own micro-climate and the hotel is surrounded by palm trees and lush gardens in this secret spot on the English Riviera.

The hotel is famous as the place where Isambard Kingdom Brunel fell in love with Devon, staying there with his family.

The judges in the 2019 Food Drink Devon Awards said the D'Allen family's passion 'shines through everything'.

Earlier in 2019, for the fourth year running, the Orestone Manor scooped the 2019 gold restaurant win in ‘Taste of the West Food and Drink Awards’.

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They've also had major accolades and recommendations from Conde Nast Johansens, TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame, as well as double AA Rosettes for fine dining.

It's been run since 2011 by husband and wife Neil and Catherine D'Allen, their son Craig, his wife Laura and head chef Daryl Sharpe's highly skilled kitchen team.

The Food Drink Devon judge praised the award-winning dishes made from local Devon produce: "If there was a rule book for how to win, Orestone Manor either wrote it or followed it to the letter.

What sets it apart, it's not a generic, ‘following the latest trend with decor, food and service restaurant’, instead Orestone Manor's passion for what it does and how it does it, shines through everything, it should be applauded and recognised for it.

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"The overall experience, the quality of the food, the service and selling of local provenance food and drink, is the embodiment of the Food Drink Devon awards."

Orestone Manor's executive chef Neil D'Allen said: "It's a delight to win Devon’s Best Hotel Restaurant at the 2019 Food Drink Devon Awards; thanks to our highly skilled team at Orestone Manor, the incredible array of delicious south-Devon food we source, and what we do with every single dish; it’s this combination that’s the magic elixir it seems, for winning these major awards.'

"For guests to savour and enjoy, this captivating part of South Devon offers some of the country's finest and freshest produce available, be it delicious vegetables tied to the season, South Devon beef, West Country free range pork and lamb, local estate wild game, delicious Brixham Crab, hand-dived Torbay scallops and lobsters, dayboat fish, rope grown mussels – it’s incredible what's on our doorstep, be it from the Devon land or the seaside larder right on our doorstep.

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"Our passion for delicious food is everything you'd expect in a hotel run by my wife, and I, two experienced chefs. With an emphasis on modern European food, our mission is the food we serve balances wonderful ingredients deliciously cooked, allowing the favour of the South Devon region to shine, this latest 2019 Food Drink Devon Award , Best hotel Restaurant in Devon truly honours this.'

"Thanks to the expert skill of our talented kitchen team and the staggering choices this wonderful Devon location provides; we keep creating award-winning dishes that delight judges and guests alike."

This autumn it is 160 years since Sir John Calcott Horsley welcomed his brother-in-law, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his family to stay at the Manor.

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Throughout the late 1840s and early 1850s, this charming seaside house would have seen many family gatherings, candlelit dinners, music in the parlour, children's games and croquet on the lawn; fascinatingly, Sir John Calcott Horsley etched Brunel’s National Portrait Gallery Picture on the Orestone Manor lawn.